Combined holder and comb cleaner



Patented Mar. 18, 1924.. e l l,487,28?

`UNITE!) STATES PATENT QFFICE.

OTIS 0. TERHUNE, F GERING, NEBRASKA.

COMBINED HOLDER AND COIVIB CLEANER.

Application filed August l, 1923. Serial No. 655,080.

To all eti/1.0m t may concern.: the teeth of a comb to clean the same. The

Be it known that I, Oris O. TERHUNE, a strands may be colored in any desired mancitizen ot' the United States, residing at ner to add to the attractiveness of the de- Gering, in the county ci Scotts Bluff and vice. The topof the block is provided with State ot' Nebraska, have invented new and an eye 4 so that it can be suspended from 45 useful Improvements in Combined Holders a nail on a wall or other support. The block and Comb Clean rs, ot' which the following may be provided with a mirror if desired. is a specification. The comb is simply drawn through the un- This invention relates to a combined raveled rope or other material and as the holder and comb cleaner, the general object threads pass between the teeth they will 50 of the invention being to provide a block remove all dirt therefrom. The ends Of havinga bunch of raveled rope or the like the rope which are fastened to the block secured thereto to form a cleaner for combs are hidden lfrom view by the strip which and a strip forming' a pocket to receive t'orms the pocket. Combs and ther articles, Ttis thought from the foregoing descrip- 55 This invention also consists in certain tion that the advantages and novel features other features of construct-ion and in the of my invention will be readily apparent. combination and arrangement of the several T desire it to be understood that I may parts, to be hereinafter fully described7 ilmake changes in the construction and in lnstrated in the accompanying drawings and the combination and arrangement of the sev- 60 specifically pointed out in Vthe appended eral parts, provided that such changes 'fall claims. within the'scope of the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, ref- `What T claim is erence will be had to the accon'ipanying` 1. A device of the class described comdrawings wherein like characters denote like( prising a support, a pocket formed thereon 65 or corresponding parts throughout the sevand a bundle of thread-like material coneral views, and in which nected with the .lower end of the support F igure l is a front view of the invention. and depending therefrom to form a comb Figure 2 is an edge View. cleaner. Figure 3 is a detail view. 2. A device of the class described com- 70 As shown in these views the device is prising a block, strands of rope connected formed of a block l to which a strip 2 is with the lower end ot the block and unlastened in such a manner as to provide raveled to form a comb cleaner anda st 1ip a pocket to receive various articlessuch connected with the edges of the block and as combs, hair pins and the like. Strands spaced from the block to form a pocket. the of rope or the like. shown at 3, are 'fastened s'trip covering' the ends o'l: the rope which are to the bottom of the block under the botfastened to the block. tom of the striprand these strands are un- Tn testimony whereof l ailix my signature. raveled so as to produce a bundle of small threads which are adapted to pass between i @TIS O. TERHUNE. 

